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"And being such, neither more nor less than God made them, there is no more demerit in a beast being a beast, than there is merit in a man being a man; that is, there is neither merit nor demerit in either of themLinzey, "I receive hundreds of anguished letters from Christians who are so distressed by the insensitivity to animals shown by mainstream churches that they have left them or on the verge of doing so."Revelations 12:12 specifically states that the devil causes suffering to animals, and Ephesians 4:27 warns us not to give him any placeIf were making the wrong ones, then to shift attention to other woes in the world is just as idle and evasive as when the abortion lobby tries itThis has not always been the caseNo matter what new perversion of animal husbandry the industry might devise, it can always count on the sign-off of friendly veterinarians, as true to their oath (to promote animal health and welfare, to relieve animal suffering) as Dr"Slowly but surely," Linzey explains, "having grasped the notion of dominion means stewardship, we are now for the first time seeing how demanding our lordship over creation is really meant to be

It is usually the sign of sincere moral effort that it requires doing the harder thing, reexamining a habit or practice, giving something up if only gradually, in the way of most such striving regardless of the cynics and moral sloths always ready to tell us we dont even need to tryIt tells us simply that the donkey saw the AngelOne voice of objection was that of Henry More (1614-1687)Herb-eating dominion is not despotism." However, Linzey acknowledges the need for a new theology, an animal liberation theology, which would revolutionize our understanding of humanitys place in creation and relationship to other species, just as the Copernican picture of a sun-centered universe replaced the earth-centered pictureHIn Genesis 1 we find the creation of all things

"The fourth hunter is found in Revelation 6:2, the rider of the white horse with the hunting bowEvery living creature is given life and space (Genesis 1:9-10, 24-25)Animals figure prominently in his response to Job&rsquo;s attempted indictmentThe goods derived from it, for both producer and consumer, are optional, replaceable, and trivialIt reminds me of the pro-abortion line that if pro-lifers really care about children so much, why dont we focus instead on broader social priorities like more funding for federal preschool and nutrition programs to serve our nations precious childrenafterbirth? High-sounding arguments dont come easy when youre defending either abortion or cruelty, and the problem in the latter case is that the animal suffering in question is usually at human hands, caused or relieved by us individually or through public policyWikiquote has quotations related to: Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna And it provides just as many difficulties for the institutional church."Psalm 104:14 is instructive hereThe only question in Bourdains case is how to square the tough-guy persona with a pursuit so effete, and CBut there were heroic men, too, like the abolitionists William Wilberforce and Anthony Ashley-Cooper convinced, as the latter wrote, that God had called me to devote whatever advantages He might have bestowed upon me to the cause of the weak, the helpless, both man and beast, and those who had none to help them 5d8a9798ff